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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the University Interscholastic League |
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regarding activities involving sports officials. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.085 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.085. AUTHORITY OF UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC |
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LEAGUE REGARDING ACTIVITIES INVOLVING SPORTS OFFICIALS. (a) In |
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this section, "sports official": |
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(1) means a person who officiates, judges, or in any |
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manner enforces contest rules in any official capacity with respect |
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to an interscholastic, intercollegiate, or other organized amateur |
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or professional athletic competition; and |
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(2) includes a referee, umpire, linesman, side judge, |
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track or field marshal, timekeeper, down marker, or scorekeeper or |
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any other person similarly involved in supervising competitive |
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play. |
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(b) The University Interscholastic League may not register, |
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charge fees to, or require membership in or attempt to register, |
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charge fees to, or require membership in any sponsoring |
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organization of sports officials as a precondition for a sports |
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official to contract with a school district or open-enrollment |
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charter school. |
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(c) The University Interscholastic League may not sponsor |
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or organize or attempt to sponsor or organize any organization of |
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sports officials. |
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(d) The University Interscholastic League may not influence |
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or attempt to influence the selection of a sports official by a |
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school district or open-enrollment charter school. |
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(e) The University Interscholastic League may set rates or |
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fee schedules payable by a school district or open-enrollment |
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charter school to a sports official. |
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(f) Before the University Interscholastic League takes any |
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action that relates to the activities of a sports official, the |
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league must submit the proposed action to the interscholastic |
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league advisory council for review and comment. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |